[PLUG] nic-3c59x

[Vram]

On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 10:55 -0800, Jason R. Martin wrote:
> On 11/7/05, Vram <lamsokvr at xprt.net> wrote:
> > HI
> >
> > I am running    2.6.12-9-k7-smp
> >
> >
> >
> > My NIC card is 3c59x Vortex
> >
> > The kernel will not load it...
> >
> > Modules that try to load. are
> >
> > 3c59x not used
> >
> > mii.  which is used by 3c59x...  <which is not used>
> >
> > I can't do an insmod 3c59x..Complains.. No such device..
> >
> > The problem is.. for some reason the card has no MAC address..
> >
> > Earlier kernels just complained
> >
> > loaded the driver and didn't come up
> >
> > I could change the MAC address, by hand  and
> > then bring the card up..
> >
> >
> > This kernel will not let me do that...
> >
> > How do I get around this??
> 
> What does lspci show for the PCI ID for the 3Com?  I have a 3Com NIC
> that doesn't have a MAC address either, and the same card also comes
> up with a PCI ID of 0xffff:
> 
> 0000:00:13.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]
> 0000:00:14.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device ffff (rev 78)
> 
> Notice the top one is working fine (lspci -n shows the PCI ID for that
> one is 0x9050).  If that's the case for you the 3c59x driver won't
> recognize the device without hacking the driver source to "recognize"
> 0xffff as one of the devices it supports.  To do that you need to know
> EXACTLY what the card is, to make sure the driver uses the right
> features.  My two cards aren't the same, so it took a while to figure
> out what the bottom one is supposed to be.
> 
> I'd bet the flash that stores the MAC address and such is fried.  If
> it's for anything production you'd probably better buy a new card :-(
> 
> Jason




This is what I get..


0000:02:05.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M
[Tornado] (rev 78)


Vram